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The Arm Mali family of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) scales from the Cost Efficient Graphics Roadmap which focuses on delivering high quality graphics within the smallest possible area, to the Performance Efficient Graphics Roadmap which is designed specifically to bring the highest levels of performance to premium devices with a particular emphasis on maintaining energy efficiency.

The Arm Mali-400 GPU is still the world’s most popular mobile GPU*, featured in 20% of devices. The first Mali GPU offering multi-core implementation, the Mali-400 GPU scales from 1–4 cores and was the world’s first OpenGL ES 2.0 conformant multi core GPU. Focusing on reduced power and bandwidth consumption, the Mali-400 GPU is the GPU of choice for reduced cost devices.

The Arm Mali-450 is the second Arm Mali Ultra Low Power GPU built on the Utgard architecture. The Mali-450 GPU introduces double the scalability of the very popular Mali-400 GPU, to address a broader range of performance points and use cases.

The Arm Mali™-470 Ultra Low Power GPU doubles the energy efficiency of the previous Utgard-based Mali GPUs. This reduces the cost of both implementation and operation. The Mali-470 delivers superior energy efficiency across 1–4 core implementations. It is the first GPU designed specifically for the power-sensitive requirements of wearable and IoT devices.

The Mali™-T720 GPU was the first High Area Efficiency graphics processor with the Midgard graphics architecture. The Mali-T720 GPU balances performance, quality, energy use, and area savings. The layout is simpler that its predecessors, the silicon area is smaller, and the time to market is quicker. The GPU maintains the high quality that is needed for a compelling graphics experience.​In addition to numerous microarchitectural optimizations, the GPU incorporates Arm’s popular bandwidth reduction technologies such as Arm Frame Buffer Compression, Smart Composition, ASTC, and Transaction Elimination. Based on the trend of increasing geometric complexity, Mali-G71 takes this one step further and introduces Index-Driven Position Shading to further reduce bandwidth.

The Mali™-T820 and Mali™-T830 GPU pair are based on the Midgard architecture and offer a balance of performance and efficiency of both energy and area. Providing significant improvements over previous generations, the Mali-T820 GPU and Mali-T830 GPU provide a staggered approach to performance.

The highest performance GPUs built on Arm Mali’s famous Midgard architecture, the Mali™-T860 & Mali™-T880 GPUs are designed for complex graphics use cases and provide stunning visuals for UHD content. Scalable from 1-16 cores, these GPUs implement new features and optimizations within their micro-architectures such as higher arithmetic throughput to better handle both casual and complex content. Other optimization examples include quad prioritization delivering enhanced performance for UI and casual content, and enhanced Forward Pixel Kill that improves performance for more advanced use cases by eliminating redundant work early in the pipeline.
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The Mali-T820 GPU and Mali-T830 GPU are the first mainstream Mali GPUs to introduce high-end features such as, ARM Framebuffer Compression, and the latest API support including OpenGL ES 3.2 and Android Extension pack.
In addition to numerous microarchitectural optimizations, the GPU incorporates ARM’s popular bandwidth reduction technologies such as ARM Frame Buffer Compression, Smart Composition, ASTC, and Transaction Elimination. Based on the trend of increasing geometric complexity, Mali-G71 takes this one step further and introduces Index-Driven Position Shading to further reduce bandwidth.

The Mali-G51 High Area Efficiency GPU is the first GPU to take the Bifrost graphics architecture to mainstream devices. Focussing on efficiency, the Mali-G51 provides best ever energy efficiency, and improves area efficiency and performance density over the previous generation of devices. Mali-G51 is also the smallest Vulkan enabled GPU and brings complex content such as Virtual Spaces and 360 video to the mainstream market.​​In addition to numerous microarchitectural optimizations, this GPU incorporates Arm’s popular bandwidth reduction technologies such as AFBC, Smart Composition, ASTC and Transaction Elimination. ​

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